{"id":398,"date":"2013-05-14T15:21:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T15:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/?page_id=398"},"modified":"2020-05-28T14:49:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T18:49:09","slug":"humphrey-evergreen-farm-hamden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/protected-farms\/humphrey-evergreen-farm-hamden\/","title":{"rendered":"Humphrey Evergreen Farms, Hamden"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b><a href=\"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Humphrey_Evergreen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4069\" src=\"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Humphrey_Evergreen-300x189.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Humphrey_Evergreen-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Humphrey_Evergreen-768x485.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Humphrey_Evergreen-1024x647.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Protected by: Connecticut Farmland Trust<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Years Protected: 2004 and 2005<\/strong><b><br \/>\nAcres: 5 (I) and 13.85 (II)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Surrounded by dense suburban development, Humphrey Evergreen Farms is a good example of CFT\u2019s important role in protecting smaller farms that do not qualify for other agricultural preservation programs. CFT first protected 5 acres of the farm in 2004, and another 13.85 acres in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The Jaynes family has cultivated Christmas trees and nursery stock on the property for more than 40 years. The property borders Lockwood Farm, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station\u2019s 75-acre primary research farm. Humphrey Evergreen Farms is managed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brokenarrownursery.com\/our-tradition\">Broken Arrow Nursery<\/a>, which operates a cut-your-own Christmas tree business.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe were a smaller parcel of land and didn\u2019t qualify for the state Farmland Preservation Program, but we wanted to make sure that the land would stay in agriculture. Anyone who owns farmland is making a mistake if they don\u2019t explore how to preserve it forever.\u00a0 There are so many reasons to do it.\u00a0 But to me, the number one reason is if you don\u2019t take steps now, the only thing you\u2019re guaranteed to grow in the future is houses. And once agricultural land is lost, it\u2019s lost &#8211; you can\u2019t get it back and that isn\u2019t in any of our long term interests.\u201d &#8211; Dick Jaynes, owner<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protected by: Connecticut Farmland Trust Years Protected: 2004 and 2005 Acres: 5 (I) and 13.85 (II) Surrounded by dense suburban development, Humphrey Evergreen Farms is a good example of CFT\u2019s important role in protecting smaller farms that do not qualify for other agricultural preservation programs. CFT first protected 5 acres of the farm in 2004, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4015,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-398","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5209,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398\/revisions\/5209"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ctfarmland.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}